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Bayocean, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tillamook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97141. The Survey maps it on the Garibaldi quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bayocean within Tillamook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Bayocean (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony43
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersA STREET
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined301 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPIKE ROAD
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictRADAR RD
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictSNAG FIRE
5 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictMINNEHAHA
4 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictELECTRIC CR
3 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictELECTRIC CREEK
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTillamook DistrictOLD DUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Bayocean (historical): 20 past producers, 13 producers, 2 occurrences. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Chromium, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
NetartsIron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, ChromiumOccurrence
Netarts BayTitanium, Zirconium, Iron, ChromiumOccurrence
4-M Wood Products PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
600 Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
720 Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
746 Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Benny PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lighthouse QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Miami PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mt. Meares Quarry 458Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Tillamook County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Barnegat (historical)1.6 miles17
Cape Meares2.6 miles16
Barview3.0 miles17
Hobsonville3.0 miles17
Garibaldi3.1 miles17
Bay City3.4 miles17
Oceanside4.7 miles16
Idaville4.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136044. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.